Label-holder.



N0. 812,634. PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

DE WITT G. BROWN.

LABEL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 190B.

WITNES 5s:

DE WITT GARRISON BROWN, OF AMERICAN FALLS, IDAHO.

LABEL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed July 26, 1905. Serial No. 271,324.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DE WITT GARRISON BROWN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of American Falls, in the county of Oneida andState of Idaho, have invented a new and Improved Label-Holder, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to a device for holding labels, particularlygummed labels, used, for example, by druggists.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivedevlce in which the labels may be effectually held in such a way as topermit of their convenient removal and also to avoid the curling orrolling of the labels due to the application of the gum to one surfacethereof.

The invention resides in certain peculiar features of construction,which will be fully set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate asan example the preferred embodiment of my invention, in which- Figure 1is a perspective view showing the invention in use, and Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the holder with the labels removed.

The holder is preferably formed of an integral length of wire, and itcomprises a back formed of two sections a, connected at their upper endsby a U-shaped end member I), and the lower ends of the section a beingbent outward and upward, forming the lower end fingers c, whichterminate in bends 0, forming a shoulder for holding the labels inplace. In inserting the labels into the holder a superimposed pile oflabels should be slightly flexed, as indicated in Fig. 1, and insertedbetween the end sections 1) and c and against the back section a. Itwill also be seen that the end members 0 are longer than the end wall ormember I), which causes the pile of labels to be feathered out at thelower end,permitting the labels to be conveniently grasped and withdrawnone at a time. The upper end member I) is bent slightly downward, so asto hold the labels compressed at their uper edges. This is shown clearlyin Fig. 1. Preferably the device is hung from a vertical supportforexample, by means of screweyes (1, although this is not essential, itbeing possible to let the device lie on the counter or table, ifdesired.

Having thus described the preferred form of my invention, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A label-holder formed of an integral length of wire, having a backcomposed of two runs of wire, an end wall or member composed of aU-shaped section of the wire, connecting the two parts of the back, andan opposite end wall or member formedof the extremities of said lengthof wire and projecting at an angle from the runs forming the back.

2. A label-holder having a concave-curved back and two end membersprojecting laterally from the concave side of the back and respectivelyada ted to engage and hold the ends of the labe s, one of the endmembers extending at an acute angle to the back and being longer thanthe other whereby to feather out the labels at said end.

3. A label-holder having a concave-curved back and two end membersprojecting laterally from the concave side of the back and respectivelyada ted to engage and hold the ends of the labe s, one of the endmembers extending at an acute angle to the back and being longer thanthe other whereby to feather out the labels at said ends, and saidlonger end member having means forming a shoulder at its inner side adated to be engaged by the ends of the labe s for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DE WITT GARRISON BROWN.

Witnesses:

ROBERT 0. Jonas, RAY E. SHRECK.

